Court rules that it cannot be proven Lib Dem’s MP’s dishonesty was designed to mislead Orkney and Shetland voters about his personal conductAn election court has thrown out an attempt to unseat the Liberal Democrat MP Alistair Carmichael, even though he told a “blatant lie” about the leak of a memo about Nicola Sturgeon.
Two judges in Edinburgh ruled that Carmichael lied about the leak but said it could not be proven beyond fair doubt that the former Scotland secretary’s dishonesty was designed to mislead voters in his Orkney and Shetland constituency about his personal conduct.
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Source: theguardian.com